Friday, January 14, 2011

The Washington Examiner broke the story that the Board of Elections and Ethics is considering reducing the number of polling stations to 16 (2 per ward) for the Special Election scheduled for April 26th (which is the day after Ms V's birthday!!!). Since then there have been debates on twitter on what's more important the reducing the cost of the Special Election or providing residents with as many locations possible. Layered on this debate is the fact that special elections have low turn-out.

Ms V is concerned about the Anacostia Library location in Ward 7. While it is in Ward 7, it's better serves Ward 8. There is Metro Bus access, however those of us living in the Southern part of Ward 7 would not have 1 seat ride (i.e. we would have to take more than 1 bus) to the Anacostia Library. In addition, there isn't much on-street parking in that area.

The challenge with Ward 7 is many of the DC-owned locations are in relatively obscure locations on top of the fact that our bus service lacks seamless connectivity. Despite all that I'd like to offer some suggestions for existing BOEE precincts that are at least more central for Ward 7 residents. Obviously they aren't all government-owned

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Hillcrest Community Civic Association - Every First Saturday. 10:00 AM - noon. Hillcrest Recreation Center, 32nd and Denver St SE. (Usually the Councilmembers who live in Ward 7 drop by at the end for a Council roundtable)

PSA 606 Meeting - Every third Wednesday. 6:00-7:00 PM. East Washington Heights Baptist Church on the corner of Branch and Alabama Ave SE.